Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Sony Ericsson's first 3G phone
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 02:01 AM
http://www.mobil.se/nyheter/visa.asp?id=4840&sid=1
The Swedish mobile devices magazine, Mobil, just published pictures of what is said to be Sony Ericsson's first 3G phone. The phone was shown to mobile network operators at GSM World in Cannes and at the CeBIT fair. It was not shown to the general public. Sony Ericsson's Peter Bodor confirms: "Yes, this is a 3G-phone that we have developed with a 3G operator in Japan."
Here are some translated sentences from the article:
"The 3G phone has a digital camera that most likely can be rotated 360 degrees, the menus are in English but the hardware buttons show both Japanese and latin letters.
- When will it be released to the Japanese market?
- I don't know. We haven't set a release date for this product. [said Peter Bodor]"
According to the article this phone is primarily intended for the Japanese market. The MG-logo (MemoryGate) on the phone indicates that the phone has a MemoryStick slot.
See larger pictures here!
My own thoughts. 3G (3rd generation) networks are a natural evolution from current mobile networks. GPRS is generally referred to as 2.5G and we are seeing more and more devices supporting that, including Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone 2002.
Moving to 3G is essentially just a matter of bandwidth, ie data moves faster to and from the connected devices. The fact of the matter continues to evolve around that it is software that matters. More bandwidth will make it possible to design and develop cooler applications and enable more mobile scenarios. (Note to reader: if you are a Microsoft employee, stop reading now!)
If we extrapolate the innovation and improvements in the Windows Powered Pocket PC and Smartphone 2002 platforms to when 3G networks are generally available, I have no doubt that these platforms will be the premium choice to most mobile network operators and application developers. The race is not about making the first ?-device, but the best.
The Swedish mobile devices magazine, Mobil, just published pictures of what is said to be Sony Ericsson's first 3G phone. The phone was shown to mobile network operators at GSM World in Cannes and at the CeBIT fair. It was not shown to the general public. Sony Ericsson's Peter Bodor confirms: "Yes, this is a 3G-phone that we have developed with a 3G operator in Japan."
Here are some translated sentences from the article:
"The 3G phone has a digital camera that most likely can be rotated 360 degrees, the menus are in English but the hardware buttons show both Japanese and latin letters.
- When will it be released to the Japanese market?
- I don't know. We haven't set a release date for this product. [said Peter Bodor]"
According to the article this phone is primarily intended for the Japanese market. The MG-logo (MemoryGate) on the phone indicates that the phone has a MemoryStick slot.
See larger pictures here!
My own thoughts. 3G (3rd generation) networks are a natural evolution from current mobile networks. GPRS is generally referred to as 2.5G and we are seeing more and more devices supporting that, including Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone 2002.
Moving to 3G is essentially just a matter of bandwidth, ie data moves faster to and from the connected devices. The fact of the matter continues to evolve around that it is software that matters. More bandwidth will make it possible to design and develop cooler applications and enable more mobile scenarios. (Note to reader: if you are a Microsoft employee, stop reading now!)
If we extrapolate the innovation and improvements in the Windows Powered Pocket PC and Smartphone 2002 platforms to when 3G networks are generally available, I have no doubt that these platforms will be the premium choice to most mobile network operators and application developers. The race is not about making the first ?-device, but the best.
